expert information

Oncology Briefs: Research from the ASCO Educational Book
August 30, 2017
Merry Jennifer Markham, MD; Danielle Gentile, PhD; and David L. Graham, MD, FASCO

Cancer and Social Media: How Can We Use It to Improve Care?

English
Merry.Jennifer.Markham.Danielle.Gentile.David.Graham

Social media can help oncologists share valuable research to improve how they treat patients. Patients can also use social media to improve their own care.

Read More >>
Oncology Briefs; Research from the ASCO Educational Book
August 9, 2017

Can Telehealth Make Patient Care Better?

English

The use of technology to deliver health care services can help patients who can’t visit their doctors in person. Known as “telehealth,” this way for doctors to communicate with patients has already helped improve the lives of patients with cancer.

Read More >>
August 8, 2017
Emily Goodman

Spotlight On: Patient Educators

English
Emily.Goodman

Patient educators answer questions about cancer, treatment, and side effects. This prepares patients and family members to make educated health care decisions.

Read More >>
July 27, 2017
Emily Goodman

Spotlight On: Music Therapists

English
Emily.Goodman

Music therapists provide personalized music-based interventions to address patients’ physical, emotional, cognitive, spiritual, and social needs.

Read More >>
Lidia Schapira, MD, FASCO; 2015-2021 Cancer.Net Editor in Chief
July 20, 2017
Lidia Schapira, MD, FASCO

Making Cancer.Net Accessible to All

English
lidia.schapira

Cancer.Net has completed a years-long effort to ensure that its content can be accessed by all users. In this month’s From the Editor’s Desk, Dr. Schapira discusses some of these changes and why they are important.

Read More >>
July 12, 2017
Carey August, MD, FCAP, and V.O. Speights, DO, FCAP

What Is a Tumor Board? An Expert Q&A

English
Carey.August.V.O.Speights

Learn how a tumor board brings together doctors with different expertise to determine a patient’s best possible cancer treatment and care plan.

Read More >>
May 25, 2017
Crystal Moore, MD, PhD, FCAP

Understanding the Risk of Late Recurrence of Breast Cancer

English
Crystal.Moore

The reasons why some women experience a late recurrence of breast cancer are complex. In this post, Dr. Crystal Moore describes who may be at risk of late recurrence and 5 things you can do to thrive in your life and survivorship.

Read More >>

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - expert information